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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 761<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154579,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81760,"identifier":"15.2-2118.1","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/2\/15.2-2118.1","url":"\/15.2-2118.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2118.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/2\/15.2-2118.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lien for gas utilities charges and taxes imposed by localities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2118.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of any locality<\/span> with a municipally-owned gas utility may by ordinance<\/span> provide that taxes or charges hereafter made, imposed or incurred for gas service within or outside such locality<\/span> shall be a lien<\/span> on the real estate served by such gas utility. Where residential rental real estate is involved, no lien<\/span> shall attach (i) unless the user of the gas utility services is also the owner of the real estate or (ii) unless the owner of the real estate negotiated or executed the agreement by which such gas utility services were provided to the property. Nothing herein shall authorize a locality<\/span> to require that municipal gas service be contracted for in the name of the owner of residential rental real estate if the lease between the owner and any tenant for such residential rental real estate provides that the tenant shall contract<\/span> for such gas service.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIEN FOR GAS UTILITIES CHARGES AND TAXES IMPOSED BY LOCALITIES (\u00a7 15.2-2118.1)\n\nThe governing body of any locality with a municipally-owned gas utility may by\nordinance provide that taxes or charges hereafter made, imposed or incurred for\ngas service within or outside such locality shall be a lien on the real estate\nserved by such gas utility. Where residential rental real estate is involved, no\nlien shall attach (i) unless the user of the gas utility services is also the\nowner of the real estate or (ii) unless the owner of the real estate negotiated\nor executed the agreement by which such gas utility services were provided to\nthe property. Nothing herein shall authorize a locality to require that\nmunicipal gas service be contracted for in the name of the owner of residential\nrental real estate if the lease between the owner and any tenant for such\nresidential rental real estate provides that the tenant shall contract for such\ngas service.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 761.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}